TRAINS / BURLINGTON NORTHERN / PASSENGER
Saturday, April 29, 2023
I don't remember where I got this photo from, but it's typical of the passenger trains of the late 60's and early 70's.
The Burlington Northern didn't have time to repaint all the passenger trains into their new cascade green paint scheme soon after the merger, so it wasn't unusual to see a missmash of passenger equipment from different railroads in one train.
Here's what appears to be the consist of this train:
1. Burlington EMD E8A diesel locomotive, with its old Burlington number of 9947.
2. Northern Pacific baggage car
3. Northern Pacific coach
4. Great Northern dining car
5. Burlington dome car
6. Northern Pacific coach
7. Great Northern sleeper
The Burlington Northern was a merger of four railroads on March 2, 1970. The four former railroads were:
1. The Burlington - a.k.a. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
2. The Great Northern Railway
3. Northern Pacific Railroad
4. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad
Here is another photo of a Burlington Northern train of that era, this one I believe is soon after Amtrak took over BN's trains:
I love the rainbow of colors that you would find on the diesels and passenger cars alike. With the four lead diesels, we have three paint schemes: the first two are BN's new cascade green, which will be their main scheme for many years to come. The blue and green/orange diesels are in old Great Northern colors. Great Northern was in the process of moving from green/orange to "big sky blue" when the merger happened.
- Pseudo Boethius
